📖 Leviticus 23:5 – “In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the Lord’s Passover.”
Spring marks the New Year. Nisan, the first month of the year, also called Abib (meaning ‘spring’), has its 14th day as Passover, which falls on April 1st, 2026.
God says in Exodus 12:13 “Now the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you; and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you when I strike the land…”
Passover, in summary, is an appointed day of remembrance, foreshadowing what Christ would fulfil. Jesus has become our Passover Lamb, whose bloodshed brings us divine reconciliation. Because Ezekiel 18:4 says, “The soul who sins shall die,” yet affirms in Ezekiel 18:23, “Do I have any pleasure at all that the wicked should die?” says the Lord God, “and not that he should turn from his ways and live?”
• God has always been both gracious and just. He became flesh, and through Jesus, paid our due wages for sin and made way for the Holy Spirit to abide in us so that we will no longer be a sinner but a saint, no longer incurring wrath but receiving sanctification and salvation.
Read about the original Passover experience in Exodus 12, where God revealed Himself as the one true God, set apart, and as the Creator and Judge of those who walk outside of His covenant, apart from His truth, fellowship, and counsel. History shows us how to live today in the light of our sent, resurrected and living Savior.
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